Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Garage, 162 feet/287° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charleston

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS UT-137-D. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

The government camp for Civilian Conservation Corps workers was established southwest of the Deer Creek Dam site in and was disbanded in with the completion of the dam's construction. The CCC was a federal work program introduced by President F. D. Roosevelt's historic New Deal plan in as a response to massive unemployment spurred by the Great Depression. The CCC workers housed at the Deer Creek camp played a major role in the construction of the Deer Creek Dam and the Provo River Project at large. They provided labor for railroad and highway reconstruction; dismantling of the old railroad grade and structures; clearing of the damsite and other project lands; and manual labor on the construction projects themselves, such as hand excavation and form building at the dam.

The Deer Creek Dam was constructed as the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Provo River Project, the largest water resource development project undertaken in Utah. It was the second largest earth fill Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Garage HABS No. UT-137-D (page 2) dam constructed by Reclamation at the time, and Reclamation's first project intended to provide domestic water. The Provo River Project followed a precedent of 40 Federal reclamation projects that had been or were nearly completed by Its construction was during a significant period of accelerated American infrastructure development founded on technological investment intended to make the West a sustainable, viable, and profitable landscape.

The CCC workers housed at the Deer Creek camp played a significant role toward these ends. For additional information regarding the construction of the Deer Creek Dam, refer to "Deer Creek Dam," HAER No. UT-93. Project Statement: This HABS project was undertaken by the Utah Department of Transportation in order to document the historic features of the camp prior to the realignment and improvement of U. S. Highway 189 in the area. Preparation for construction of the project's Deer Creek portion has been underway since the and the work is expected to begin in The field work, site plan, historical reports, and photographs were prepared by Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Montrose, Colorado. Jonathon C.

Horn served as the Principal Investigator, and Gianfranco Archimede conducted the fieldwork, historic research, large-format photography, and report preparation.

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS UT-137-D. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

Gianfranco Archimede, Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., April Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Garage HABS No. UT-137-D (page 3) A 17 by 18-foot, east-west oriented, wood frame garage with a shed roof is situated off of the southwest corner of the concrete slab behind (south) of the Frame Residence (HABS No. UT-137-C). The shed roof is 8 feet high at the front (east) and 5 feet high at the rear (west). It has a corrugated sheet metal roof with boxed fascia and short eaves on all sides. The structure does not appear to have a concrete footing or foundation, but it does have a wood floor. It is sided with 5-inch-wide horizontal shiplap painted white. An overhead garage door faces east, and there are no other entrances or windows.

The appearance of the garage suggests that it was originally associated with the Frame Residence, and was probably moved along with it around